With postmark and stamp.
Written on mourning stationery.
Written from Hotel du Helder.
Includes an autograph note signed from Kate [Dickens] Collins to Harriet Collins on p. 2.
Collins incorrectly dates the letter "Aug. 10"; the postmark reads "Sept. 10."
Part of a collection of 52 letters from Charles Allston Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3153.1-52).
Telling her they have arrived in Paris safely, and that the last part of their journey was "accomplished by railway"; explaining that he had to sell their horse because of her "symptoms of lameness"; noting that he may postpone the journey through France until next summer and look for a suitable horse during the winter; expressing their disappointment that the journey was cut short; saying the missing portmanteau has been recovered.